{"id":1321320,"date":"2022-02-21T08:07:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T13:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1321320"},"modified":"2022-02-21T08:08:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T13:08:03","slug":"rep-yvette-herrell-to-introduce-bill-granting-asylum-to-canadian-freedom-protesters-persecuted-by-trudeau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-yvette-herrell-to-introduce-bill-granting-asylum-to-canadian-freedom-protesters-persecuted-by-trudeau\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Yvette Herrell to Introduce Bill Granting Asylum to Canadian Freedom Protesters Persecuted by Trudeau"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-yvette-herrell-to-introduce-bill-granting-asylum-to-canadian-freedom-protesters-persecuted-by-trudeau%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1321320&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Untitled-design-2022-02-19T224546.217-2.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<section data-v-123b907a=\"\">\n<p>Following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau&#8217;s crackdown on citizens in Ottawa protesting COVID-19 restrictions, Republican Rep. Yvette Herrell (R-NM) compared Trudeau&#8217;s actions to &#8220;an authoritarian regime like Venezuela&#8221; and said she plans to introduce legislation to grant asylum to Canadian freedom protesters.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-123b907a=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Justin Trudeau\u2019s heavy-handed crackdown against peaceful protesters in Canada is not the action of a Western Democracy, but that of an authoritarian regime like Venezuela&#8230; 1\/3 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vT74lCgOZh\">https:\/\/t.co\/vT74lCgOZh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Yvette Herrell (@RepHerrell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepHerrell\/status\/1495074433177899015?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-123b907a=\"\">\n<p>In a Twitter thread, Harrell wrote Saturday: &#8220;Justin Trudeau&#8217;s heavy-handed crackdown against peaceful protesters in Canada is not the action of a Western Democracy, but that of an authoritarian regime like Venezuela.&#8221; She also shared a Tucker Carlson segment describing Trudeau&#8217;s actions against the protesters.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-123b907a=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am introducing legislation that would temporarily grant asylum to innocent Canadian protesters who are being persecuted by their own government. We cannot be silent as our neighbors to the north are treated so badly. 3\/3<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Yvette Herrell (@RepHerrell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepHerrell\/status\/1495074820345712645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-123b907a=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Just as we provide asylum for political prisoners, we should do the same for truckers who have been subjected to violence, had their property confiscated, and their bank accounts frozen by a government that is quickly becoming the embarrassment of the free world,&#8221; Herrell commented in another tweet.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-123b907a=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;I am introducing legislation that would temporarily grant asylum to innocent Canadian protesters who are being persecuted by their own government. We cannot be silent as our neighbors to the north are treated so badly,&#8221; she vowed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-123b907a=\"\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-police-in-ottawa-crack-down-on-freedom-protesters-use-tear-gas-batons\">Law enforcement in Ottawa had turned physical<\/a> towards the Freedom Convoy protesters Saturday, using batons against the demonstators and even<a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/journalist-injured-police-freedom-protest\"> injuring a Rebel News reporter<\/a> during the melee. The chaotic scene over the weekend followed the <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-woman-by-mounted-police-officers-in-ottawa\">trampling of an elderly woman<\/a> by mounted police Friday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-123b907a=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Canada is now a Police State. <\/p>\n<p>Trudeau\u2019s goons trample a woman with a horse. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JYrSZzO5us\">pic.twitter.com\/JYrSZzO5us<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SebGorka\/status\/1495246836436815877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-123b907a=\"\">\n<p>Earlier in the week, <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-trudeau-emergencies-act\">Trudeau had invoked the Emergencies Act<\/a> to clamp down on the pro-freedom protests, despite the weeks-long Freedom Convoy being largely peaceful since its conception. Premiers of four provinces have since<a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-premiers-of-4-provinces-oppose-trudeaus-use-of-emergencies-act-on-freedom-protesters\"> voiced opposition<\/a> to Trudeau&#8217;s move attempting to quell the demonstrations.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-123b907a=\"\">\n<p>Herrell&#8217;s announcement came on the heels of a poll released by Rasmussen Reports that found <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/majority-of-americans-support-canadian-freedom-protesters-poll\">a majority of Americans support the freedom protesters<\/a> and believe that a similar movement south of the border would be &#8220;a good idea.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-123b907a=\"\">\n<p>Rasmussen Reports found that 59 percent of respondents support the Freedom Convoy, including 42 percent who &#8220;strongly support&#8221; its existence.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-123b907a=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Canadian Trucker Convoy:<br \/>Strongly support &#8211; 42%<br \/>Strongly oppose &#8211; 21%<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XsTXJ2SKa6\">https:\/\/t.co\/XsTXJ2SKa6<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/breakingpoll?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#breakingpoll<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinTrudeau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JustinTrudeau<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CanadaTruckers?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CanadaTruckers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VLRexYJl7N\">pic.twitter.com\/VLRexYJl7N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rasmussen_Poll\/status\/1493616340602695685?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau&#8217;s crackdown on citizens in Ottawa protesting COVID-19 restrictions, Republican Rep. Yvette Herrell (R-NM) compared Trudeau&#8217;s actions to &#8220;an authoritarian regime like Venezuela&#8221; and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1321320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1321320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1321320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1321320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1321320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}